Bottle-filling machine



W. MQMOCORMICK.

BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

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No. 474,965. Patented May 17, 1892.

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W. MGCURMIGK.

BOTTLE FILLINGr MACHINE.

No. 474,965. Pgtented May 17, 1892 Z E jf ZE- .i.- c/ C vu i C t u I Ffd I e/ e I .7L a/ L Q J7 (No Model.)

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W. M. MGCORMIGK. BOTTLE FILLING MACHINE.

Patented May 17, 1892.

UNrrn STATES ATENT trice.

VILLOUGHBY M. MOOORMIOK, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-FILLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 474,965, dated May 17,1892.

Application tiled .T 11119.13, 1891.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLOUGHBY M. Mo- CORMICK, ot Baltimore, Maryland,have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-FillingMachines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a t'ull, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon, which formpart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of myimproved bottle-lling machine, the filling-tubes being raised and thebottles inserted thereunder ready for filling. Fig. 2 is an end View ot'the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view on line 33, Fig. l, looking downward. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectionalview of the machine. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view illustrating theentrance of the lling-tubes into the bottles previous to the opening ofthe tube-valves. Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the tube-valve opened.

This invention is an improvement in bottle and can filling machineswherein a number of vessels may be simultaneously filled with liquids,&c.; and its objects are to provide means for rapidly filling a numberof measuring'tubes or tunnels, each having a dischargeneck at bottom,wherein is a valve, all of which valves can be so adjusted that theywill open simultaneously upon the lowering of the tubes and forautomaticallylifting them when released, so that the valves will benormally closed, to make each valve independently adjustable, to providemeans for regulating the holding capacity of each tube, to

yprovide improved bottle-holding devices, to

so arrange the parts that when properly adjusted the lower ends of thetubes will enter ene necks of the bottles previous to theopening of thevalves, and to enable any one or more of the valves to be so adjustedthat it will open before the others or not at all.

To these ends the invention consists in the novel construction of thetubes, the valves and valve-controllin g devices thereof, the supportsand operating devices for the tubes, and the bottle-holding devices, allof which will be clearly understood from the following description andclaims.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A designates a base or table uponwhich the ma- Serial No. 396,140. (No model.)

chine is mounted. ct a are four upright rods fixed to the base andconnected in pairs by transverse bars B B, which are connected to andsupport a series ot' parallel longitudinal bars h b. Beneath bars b is avertically-movable shallow pan C, from the bottom of which depend aseries of funnel-shaped tubes D D, the larger upper ends of which aresecured to the bottom of the pan around corresponding openings therein,as shown. The tubes D are arranged in regular parallel rows, bothtransversely and" longitudinally, and in line with the respect-ive barsb b. The lower ends of the tubes pass through perforations in ahorizontal vertically-movable stay-plate E, which serves to brace thetubes and hold the lower ends ot the tubes in proper relative positions.Such plate could be replaced by stay rods or wires. The pan C isconnected at its corners by arms c to loose sleeves-or collars F on rodsa, and the plate E is similarly connected by arms e to the lower ends ofsleeves F or collars, which are in turn supported on and upheld by stoutcoiled springs ff, placed on the rods ci between the lower ends ofsleeves F and the base. Other devices orarrangements of springs may beemployed to normally uphold the tubes.

To the sides of the pan O are attached upstandingbrackets G G, whichrise beside and above bars b b, and are connected at top by a transverserod c, which is centrally connected by a swinging and pivoted link It toa lever H, one end of which is pivoted to an ear t' on a bar h, and theother end can be depressed by hand or connected to a foot-treadle, sothat by depressing lever H the pan C and tubes are depressed, therebycompressing the springs f, which, as soon as the lever is released, willthrow the pan, tubes, and lever upward to original position.

To the lower end of each funnel-tube is counected a tubular mouthpieced, having a cont-racted lower end and a conical valve-seat j in itsupper end, in which is normally seated a conical valve .I on the end of'a stem K, the

L L are coiled springs placed on the valve-v stems .below the bars h andbearing against caps or nuts 7c k, which can be vertically adjusted.

M M are conical bulbs ou the stems below the sprin gs and are preferablyconnected to the stems by screw-threads, so that they can be adjusted upor down thereon into or out of the tubes, and thus regulate the capacityof the tubes, or rather the amount of liquids,

&c., that can collect in the tubes.

O is a iilling-tube provided with a lcut-off cock by which the iiuids,&c., can be let into pan C, and P is a val'ved overiiow-tube by whichthe pan can be emptied after the several tubes are filled.

Qdesignates a bottle-holding pan, which can be slid beneath the tubesand in which are placed the bottles or other vessels to be 4filled, soarranged that the necks oi' the bottles will come just beneath themouthpieces d of the tubes.

q q are strips which are placed transversely of the pan andl between therows of bottles, so as to properly center them.` The strips areremovable and can be of varying thicknesses, so as t-o properly centerbottles of different breadths or diameters, as indicated in Fig. 4.Anadjustable stop R maybe fixed to the base, so that the pan will bestopped when the bottles are in proper position beneath the tubes,

said stop being adjustable or movable, so that after filling, the panmay be slid out from beneath the Itubes and another pan introducedthereunder with other bottles for filling.

S S are removable strips, which can be slipped under the tubes andbeneath pan Q,

so as to elevate thelatter, or removed so as to lower it, in order toaccommodate bottles or vessels of different heights.

In operation, after the bottles or other vessels to be filled areproperly arranged in pans i Q, the latter is slid beneath tubes D, asindicated in the drawings. The fluid is then poured into pan C until allthe tubes D are illed, and any surplus luid is drawn off through tube P.Then lever H is depressed, thereby lowering pan C and tubes D, and whenthe lever reaches the position indicated by dotted line 5 in Fig. et themouthpieces CZ Vof the tubes partly enter the mouths ot the bottles, asshown in Fig. 5; but ,the valves are capes from the tubes.

scent of the valve-stems; but the tubes continue .to descend.Consequently the fluid escapes into the bottles; but it will be seenthat no fluid escapes from the tubes untilv the mouthpieces have enteredthe mouths of the bottles, so that there can be no waste or spilling ofiiuid, and it any bottle happens to be out of line the mouthpiece d ofthe superimposed tube will strike the edge of bottle, and the operatorwill thus knowit and can adjust the bottle before the Valves are opened,forif any mouthpiece or tube be obstructed in its descent it will hinderthe descent of all the others, mand the valves will not unseat until themouthpieces enter the necks of the bottles if the pans Q are properlyadjusted on the supports thereof. By means of bulbs M M the capacity ofany or all of the tubes can be varied so that different quantities maybe supplied to different bottles at lone loperation of the machine. Byadjusting nuts 7s any of the stems can be allowed so much vertical playthat its valve will not be unseated even when the tubes are yat theirlowest position, by which means I can adapt t-he machine for fillingvery large or broad vessels by only Iilling through alternate orintermediate tubes, and thus use from one up to the entire number of thetubes and either or yany-of the tubes desired. The tubes, valves,tunnels, pans, ctc., are made of a metal or material which will not bechemically affected by the iiuids or metal coated with a non-corrosivesubstance. The pans Q have notches or marks Q2 on their sides toindicate the transverse lines in which the bott-les should be arrangedin order that their necks will be just benea-th the filling-tubes whenthe pans Q are properly adjusted beneath thetill'ing-tubes. The pans Qmay be moved beneath and from under the illing-tubes by lany suitablemeans, as by sliding them by hand, or by a reciprocating or travelingtable or belt operated by a drum and crank. (Not shown.) l

I-Iaving described my. invention', `what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent thereon, is

l. The combination of the vertically-moving filling-tube, the valve-stementering said tube, a stop on the stem above the tube, 4and a fixedarresting device above the tube engaged by said stop, and means fordepressing said tube, substantially as described..

y 2. nl a. filling-machine, the combiiacwr g engaging the upper end ofthe valve-stem not yet unseated. Consequently no liquides- Then thelever is still further depressed, and with it the pan and tubes, untilthe lever reaches the position in- -fdicated by line 6 in Fig. 4, whenthe valves will be opened, as indicated in Fig. 6, because g the nutslr, striking the bars b, stop the deand limiting the downward movementof said valve, so that it will be opened before the tube reaches itslowest posi-tion,- and means for raising and lowering said tube,substantially as specilied.

8. The combination of the vertically-movable pan, the filling-tubeseonnectedthereto Ioo and depending therefrom, and fixed bars above saidtubes, the valve-stems playing through said bars and entering the tubes,and the stop-nuts on said stems, and means for depressing said tubes,substantially as specified.

4. The combination of the vertically-niovablelling-tubes, the stationarybars above the same, the valves therein connected to vertically-movablestems playing through openings in said bars, the adjustable nuts on saidstems for limiting their downward movement, and means for lowering andraising said tubes simultaneously, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

5. Thecombination of the upright rods, the horizontal bars supportedthereon, the vertically-movable spring-supported pan guided by saidrods, and means for depressing said pan, with the filling-tubes'suspended from said pan, the vmouthpieces on the lower ends thereof, thevalves therein, the verticallymovable valve-stems playing through saidbars, and the nuts for limiting the downward movement of the stems,substantially as described.

6. The combination of the vertically-movable pan, the tilling-tubesconnected thereto and suspended therefrom, the fixed b ai's above saidtubes, the valve-stems playing through said bars and entering the tubes,and the stoplnuts on said stems, and means for depressing said tubes,the springs for rais# ing the same, and filling and overflow tubes,substantially as specified.

7 The combination of the uprights, the horizontal bars supportedthereby, the vertically-movable spring-supported sleeves on said rods,the pan connected to and supported by said sleeves, the filling-tubessuspended from the pan, and the lever and connections for depressingsaid pan and tubes, with the vertically-movable valve-stems playingthrough openings in said bars and entering the tubes, the valves on thelower ends of said stems,

- closing said tubes, and the adjustable nuts on the upper ends of saidstems for regulating their Vertical movement, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 5o my own I afiix mysignature in presence of Vitnesses:

N. R. WALKER, J. L. THAYER, Jr.

